Inside Nigeria’s Senate oversight dilemma: Resolutions, resistance and weak enforcement
For more than two decades, Nigeria’s National Assembly has summoned ministers and agency heads, investigated alleged misconduct, debated public concerns and adopted resolutions intended to influence government action, yet what…
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CAN to state govts: reopen worship centres
The President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle has implored state governments which are yet to reopen worship centres to do so. While lamenting that some states…
Kwara Assembly postpones resumption indefinitely
Kwara State House of Assembly, on Tuesday announced an indefinite suspension of its Wednesday resumption. The House which went on recess in June, was scheduled to resume Wednesday, according to…
Osun Assembly suspends plenary, orders immediate fumigation of complex over COVID-19
The Osun State House of Assembly on Tuesday announced the suspension of plenary for two weeks. The house also ordered the fumigation and immediate disinfection of the Assembly complex. The…
Bandits kill army captain, abduct mother and wife along Okene-Lokoja highway
Suspected bandits have reportedly shot dead an army officer attached to the 353 Artillery Regiment, Ojo Barracks, Lagos along the Okene-Lokoja highway on Sunday. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the army…
Man to die by hanging over murder in Osun
A State High Court sitting in Ile-Ife, in Osun State, on Tuesday sentenced Oluleke Ogunyemi, 37, to death by hanging over murder. Oluleke was arraigned on March 6, 2013, on…
Clergyman arraigned by NSCDC for allegedly raping his 16-year-old housemaid in Kaduna
A clergyman identified as Reverend Joseph Ma'aji has been arraigned by officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC, Kaduna state command, on Tuesday July 7 before a…
Nigeria records 503 new COVID-19 cases, total now 29,789
Nigeria has recorded 503 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 29,789. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via…
US formally withdraws from World Health Organisation
The Trump administration has formally withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organisation (WHO), breaking ties with the international health body as the country’s death toll from coronavirus surpassed…
JUST IN: Security agents storm Magu’s homes
A combined team of riot policemen and operatives of the State Security Services (SSS) are currently searching the residence of Ibrahim Magu, the suspended boss of the Economic and Financial…
Soyinka reacts to amended NBC code, says govt has declared war against the arts
Following the amendment of 6th broadcasting code by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) which ignited controversy some weeks ago, Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has reacted to the development. While describing the…
Nigerian professor, Cyril Otoikhian says COVID-19 does not exist
A Nigerian professor, Cyril Otoikhian, has disputed the existence of Covid-19 in Nigeria, he challenged the Federal government and other scientists working on COVID-19 to prove the existence of the…
Husband stabs mother of two, wife of 8 years to death in Jigawa
A Nigerian man identified as Abdul Hassan has reportedly stabbed his wife of eight years and mother of two identified as Hauwa Sani in Jahun Local Government Area of Jigawa…
CAC pastor arrested for raping, impregnating daughter thrice in Ogun
A 44-year-old pastor at Ogo Oluwa Parish of the Christ Apostolic Church in Owode-Egbado, Ogun State, Oluwafemi Oyebola, has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping his own biological…
COVID-19: FG releases 7,713 inmates to curb virus spread in correctional centres
The Federal government has announced that 7,713 inmates have been released from the various correctional centres across the country since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in the country, to curb…
Church of Satan at Ohafia, Abia State destroyed and founder arrested
The Church of Satan in Ohafia, Abia state has been destroyed by the youths in the community and her chief apostle and founder has been arrested and taken away by…
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